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Originally posted by Cearbhaill
[B]Do you never use your back yard yourself?
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Nope.
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Do you enjoy living in a plot of land that stinks so terribly that neighbors are forced to complain?
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I can't smell it when I'm out there (which I never am). Even when I did go out there it just smells like wilderness to me, not poop.
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Do you have no understanding of the life cycles of animal parasites or no worries about your animal infecting and reinfecting itself day after day? Where do you think worms come from?
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Worms typically come from ingesting fleas. I have quite a good understanding of that cycle, being a biologist and all. Given the amount of time he is out there he comes into way more contact with animal feces on any of the number of parks that we go to. There is horse dung, cow dung, other dog poop, etc.
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I would not allow one of my animals to even walk in that area much less live there.
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He is out there 5 minutes a day total, only the time he needs to use it for going to the bathroom.
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Allowing that type of condition to develop is irresponsible and totally the type of laziness that gives all dog owners a bad name.
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I take great pride in how I have raised my dog. Most people who live on country plots of land do what I do. They NEVER clean their areas up... my area is smaller so I cleaned it up every 2 months. That apparently wasn't good enough so I clean it up daily now. I think you are overreacting and need to get off of your high horse.